Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a hopper unit, a separating unit, a reading unit, an ejecting unit, a stacking unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The control unit includes a detecting unit that detects abnormal reading of the document read by the reading unit, an image storing unit that associates the read image and an abnormal reading result with a reading order of the document to store, a separation stacking unit that controls the ejecting unit to separate the document in which the abnormal reading is detected and the document in which the abnormal reading is not detected to eject to the stacking unit, a rereading unit that allows the reading unit to read again the document in which the abnormal reading is detected, thereby obtaining a reread image, and an image replacing unit that replaces the image corresponding to the reading order with the reread image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a renderer configured to render a one page amount of image data based on intermediate data generated by either a first execution unit or a second execution unit, a printer engine configured to form image data of a page rendered by the renderer on a recording medium, and after forming the image data, stop each unit in the engine when there is no image data formation instruction corresponding to a next page of the page even after a cycle down time limit has elapsed, and a request unit configured to, during generation of intermediate data of a predetermined page by the first execution unit, request an extension of the cycle down time limit set in the printer engine based on a number of pages of rendered image data corresponding to intermediate data of pages following the predetermined page.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus to generate image data of print data containing a drawing object for reuse within a job includes a cache unit, an object parallel processing unit, a page parallel processing unit, and a processing control unit. The cache unit generates data based on the drawing object and caches generated data. The object parallel processing unit divides each page of the print data per drawing object unit and subjects a divided page to raster image processor (RIP) processing in parallel. The page parallel processing unit subjects the print data to the RIP processing per page unit. The processing control unit controls such that, in the print data, the object parallel processing unit executes processing sequentially from an initial page until the data having a value equal to or more than a threshold value is cached and the page parallel processing unit executes processing after the data is cached.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for error correction in a parallel RIP environment. The system is operable to receive a print job comprising logical pages, to separate the logical pages into segments, to distribute the segments to parallel RIPs for interpretation and rasterization, and to transmit the segments to a serial RIP for interpretation. The system is further operable to determine that a parallel RIP has encountered a dependency error that prevents the parallel RIP from rasterizing one of the segments, and to instruct the serial RIP to rasterize the one segment responsive to detecting the dependency error.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a recording medium; a multiple-sheet-feed detecting unit configured to detect a multiple sheet feed of the recording medium; an image holding unit configured to hold an image expected to print on the recording medium on which the multiple sheet feed is detected (i.e. the multi-fed medium); and a print control unit configured to control the printing unit. The print control unit is further configured (a) to cancel printing on the multi-fed medium, and (b) to cause the printing unit to print the held image on another recording medium, which (b1) is in transfer after the multi-fed medium, (b2) is nearest in a transferring order to the multi-fed medium, and (b3) has a property same as that of the multi-fed medium.

Abstract: A system includes an input module configured to receive a data stream of encoded print data. The data stream includes image file data and a plurality of command operations, the encoded print data corresponds to a page of print data, and each of the command operations corresponds to at least one pixel in a line on the page of print data. An image file decoding module is configured to decode the image file data, store the decoded image file data in a first memory, and store, in the first memory, first identifiers identifying where the decoded image file data is stored. A print data decoding module is configured to receive the command operations and the identifiers, and generate decoded print data based on the command operations, the first identifiers, and the decoded image file data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a print data generation device comprising: a storage unit including: a region in which there are temporarily stored data in an intermediate language format between data in a page description language format and print data, and the print data to be generated based on the data in the intermediate language format; and a rasterization region for use at a time when rasterization processing in which the print data is to be generated based on the data in the intermediate language format is executed; and a control unit that includes a plurality of arithmetic operation parts, sets arithmetic operation parts which execute the rasterization processing based on a status of use of the arithmetic operation parts and a status of a free region of the storage unit, and executes the rasterization processing for each of the set arithmetic operation parts.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus storing an image data to an external memory medium connected to the image processing apparatus is provided. Where there is not enough usable capacity in the external memory medium, the image processing apparatus generates medium identification information and stores the generated medium identification information to the external memory medium. After a user detaches the external memory medium from the image processing apparatus and uses his or her computer to delete or move unnecessary files in the external memory medium to increase the usable capacity therein, the user attaches the external memory medium to the image processing apparatus again. At this moment, the external memory medium is authenticated by the medium identification information stored therein. Thus, this authentication performed using the medium identification information prevents a third person from obtaining the image data of the user while the user is away from the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: A print control apparatus includes rendering units performing rendering in response to a print instruction described in a page description language; a print instruction storage unit storing the print instruction for printing pages; a distribution unit sequentially distributing process requests, each specifying which page is to be rendered, and reference information for accessing the print instruction, to the rendering units; and a process request storage unit storing process requests. The rendering units each execute rendering by accessing the print instruction based on the reference information, and extracting a part of the print instruction of a specified page to image data. The distribution unit distributes a process request when there is a rendering unit to which the process request is distributable in ascending order, and, when there is no such rendering unit, stores the process request, and selects and distributes a smallest-page-number process request to one rendering unit.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquiring unit, an image page selecting unit, a reducing unit, and an outputting unit. The acquiring unit acquires a file including a plurality of pages. At least one of a character and an image is carried on each page. The image page selecting unit selects a page containing the image from the plurality of pages. The reducing unit generates a reduced-size page carrying a reduced-size image from the selected page. The outputting unit outputs the reduced-size image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving data; a printing unit for printing the data; a data storage unit for storing the data; a print setting storage unit for storing a print enable setting indicating whether the data received with the receiving unit is printed; and a print control unit for controlling the printing unit to print the data stored in the data storage unit when the print enable setting is not set to print the data and it is determined that a remaining storage capacity of the data storage unit is not sufficient.

Abstract: The printing device includes an original data acquiring unit, a first determining unit, a first data generating unit, and a printing unit. The original data acquiring unit is configured to acquire original data representing at least two related objects on a worksheet. The first determining unit is configured to determine whether the at least two related objects are capable of being included in one page. The first data generating unit is configured to generate first data based on the original data. The first data generating unit generates the first data such that the at least two related objects are included in the one page when the first determining unit determines that the at least two related objects are capable of being included in the one page. The printing unit prints an image based on the first data.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a housing, a processor module, a sheet feeder, an image capturing assembly, a display module and an operation interface. The image capturing assembly captures both of first and second images of a document sheet, past a scan region and transported by the sheet feeder, and produces first and second image data representative of the first and second images in either a single-sided or double-sided scanning mode. The display module displays representation images of the first and second images. The operation interface receives user input and outputs a selection signal comprising information of selecting at least one of the first and second images. The processor module processes at least one of the first and second image data into output image data according to the selection signal.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor, and a storage controller that writes band data to a storage device and reads the band data. The processor: (a) generates a write-side process and a read-side process; (b) generates a write-side thread by the write-side process; (c) generates a read-side thread and a file read thread by the read-side process; (d) notifies the read-side process of an identifier within the storage device, and causes the storage controller to sequentially write the band data; and (e) requests the file read thread to cause the storage controller to sequentially read out the band data corresponding to the identifier and causes the storage controller to sequentially read out the band data and one or more subsequent band data.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including a sheet accommodation device including at least one sheet accommodation section which accommodates a sheet before printing, a printing unit which prints an image on a sheet based on print data stored in a storage area, a discharged sheet accommodation device including at least one discharged sheet accommodation section which accommodates the printed sheet, a control device which selects a combination of a sheet accommodation section and a discharged sheet accommodation section such that a storage device completes storing print data into the storage area by a conveyance starting time of a sheet to be printed based on the print data, and which control a conveyance device to feed the sheet to be printed based on the print data from the sheet accommodation section to discharge the sheet to the discharged sheet accommodation section of the selected combination.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus transmits a print job including input image data to an image processing apparatus connected thereto, and includes: a determination unit that determines whether a width and/or height of the input image data is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and whether a scaling factor for the image data at a time of output is one or less; a color value determination unit that determines color values of pixels constituting the image data in the case that it has been determined that the width and/or height of the image data is smaller than the predetermined threshold and that the scaling factor for the image data at the time of output is one or less; and a transmission unit that, in the case that it has been determined that the pixels constituting the image data have the same color value, transmits replacement image data having a smaller size.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions to control a computer, which is configured to display a webpage including a webpage image based on webpage data, to perform a method of image forming control, the method including: receiving an instruction to select an area on the display screen as a selection area; storing selection area webpage data; storing first image data having a first format generated based on the selection area webpage data; storing image data having the first format representing the webpage image in the selection area, as a second image data; detecting an image absence area, wherein a content of the first image data display is absent from that of the second image data; generating correspondence image data corresponding to the image absence area; compositing the correspondence image data into the image absence area to produce composite image data; and outputting the composite image data.

Abstract: A video compression routine encodes pixels using frame location relationships by using packets with variable length opcode.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus of the present disclosure includes a print queue, a job writing unit, a print execution unit, a connected-state detection unit, and a maximum-number-of-storable-pages changing unit. The print queue stores print jobs on a page basis. The job writing unit writes the print jobs into the print queue. The print execution unit executes print on a recording medium based on a page from the print queue, and suspends execution of the print in a case in which a print job other than a print job of currently executed printing is cancelled. The connected-state detection unit detects a connected state of extension devices affecting a length of a conveyance path of the recording medium. The maximum-number-of-storable-pages changing unit changes a maximum number of storable pages, that can be stored in the print queue, and changes the maximum number of storable pages, based on the connected state detected.

Abstract: Each of a plurality of process execution portions includes an accumulation portion to accumulate a job in which the first process among processes not yet executed is an in-charge process, and a batch processing portion to execute the in-charge process on combination data including one or more data on condition that a total process volume becomes equal to or greater than a lower limit value predetermined for the in-charge process. The batch processing portion includes a determination portion to determine whether there exists a job having a previous process now being executed, a first delay portion to delay start of the in-charge process until a prescribed time has elapsed since the total process volume becomes equal to or greater than the lower limit value, and a second delay portion to delay start of the in-charge process until a job determined that the previous process is now being executed is accumulated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for image processing. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing an analysis corresponding to a sequence of drawing commands that create a bit-map when executed and generating a set of image segments based on the analysis corresponding to the sequence of drawing commands.

Abstract: A printing apparatus and method for processing data in the printing apparatus includes estimating a printing time by adding an intermediate data generation time and a rendering time, determining whether the estimated printing time of each page keeps up with a timing at which an image needs to be formed on a conveyed sheet for each page. If it is determined that the estimated printing time does not keep up with the timing at which the image needs to be formed, further determining whether an idle time is present by comparing the intermediate data generation time and the rendering time. If it is discriminated that the idle time is present, the changing an optimization level for determining whether to perform processing on a particular object in the document image data during rendering, or to perform the processing during intermediate data generation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connectable to a server which manages print data, and a printer which prints based on the print data receives the print data from the server, and transfers the received print data to the printer by each first data size. When a disconnection between the server and the information processing apparatus is detected, the information processing apparatus transfers the print data to the printer by each second data size smaller than the first data size.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to function as a determination unit and a controller. The determination unit determines an amount of hardware computational resources of the computer to determine the number of interpretation units capable of being implemented by the determined amount of hardware computational resources. The controller controls which of a first print data processing device and a second print data processing device the computer is caused to function as, in accordance with the number determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for utilizing excess printing capacity. The present invention utilizes a printing network that consists of a printing service provider, one or more print jobs, a printing distribution system, and printing partners. The printing service provider uses a printing distribution system to distribute standardized print jobs to printing partners at a fixed price.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a blank document determination section determining whether or not input image data is image data of a blank document, regardless of a process mode set for setting a process with respect to the input image data; a storage device storing the input image data in association with a determination result made by the blank document determination section; and a control section (i) reading out the input image data from the storage device and (ii) excluding the input image data determined as image data of a blank document by the blank document determination section, from images to be displayed by the image display device, when the image display device carries out a preview display of the input image data. This configuration makes it possible to carry out a preview display in which a blank document (blank page document) is skipped, without reading the document again.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a line memory for writing and reading image data of one line. A write/read controller controls writing and reading the image data of one line in and from the line memory. A white line determiner determines whether an image corresponding to image data of one line being written in the line memory is a white line. An image processor performs specified image processing on the image data of one line read from the line memory by the write/read controller. An image processing controller generates an operation clock used in the image processor and causes the image processor to perform the specified image processing for the image data of one line determined not to be a white line and stops generating the operation clock and reads white data from a white data storage for the image data of one line determined to be a white line.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for selecting bits from a defined print image in memory of a handheld imaging translation device are described herein. The bits may be selected by determining a location of a print nozzle, mapping the location to a memory location, and selecting a bit from the memory location. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which executes a program and updates the program, and is provided with an updating part configured to store a program prior to updating or a copy of the program prior to the updating and to generate an updating program by executing an updating process of the program, to thereby set the updating program as a boot target, a boot judging part configured to judge whether or not a booting of the updating program was successful and to record information indicating a result of judgement in a storage part, and a restoring part configured to confirm whether or not the booting of the updating program was successful based on the information, and to set the stored, program prior to the updating, as the boot target, if the booting of the updating program failed.

Abstract: A raster image processor (RIP) using a self-tuning banding mode is disclosed. The RIP automatically and continuously adjusts the band size used for generating the raster image based on past performance (i.e. past data throughput values) and corresponding band sizes. At the start of each page of image, or after a certain number of pages has been processed or certain amount of time has elapsed, the RIP determines whether performance has worsened since the last band size adjustment. If it has worsened, the band size is reverted to a previous best performing value. If the performance has improved, then the band size is changed in the same direction as the last change. Raster image processing is performed using the adjusted band size.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an option to restrict printing to a first print media source is presented to a user of a printer that is configured to access a plurality of print media sources. An instruction to restrict printing to the first print media source is received from the user. The printer is restricted from printing to the first print media source.

Abstract: A web page of a server placed on a network and the operation description of a browser by an operation terminal for the web page are stored and the operation description is played back (repeated), whereby the same operation as the previous browser operation is executed in the operation terminal. At this time, various types of operation are recorded and are repeated by software, so that the user need not perform the same various types of operation as those previously performed.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a storage controller and a processor. The storage controller is configured to write a series of data blocks constituting a particular unit of data to a storage and read out the series of data blocks from the storage. The processor is further configured to generate a write-side process and a read-side process, notify the read-side process from the write-side process of an identifier of a storage area in the storage, cause the storage controller to sequentially write the series of data blocks to the storage area using the write-side process, and cause the storage controller to read the series of data blocks from the storage area corresponding to the identifier using the read-side process after the identifier is received in the read-side process.

Abstract: A method implemented in a print shop management system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a computer software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the program includes a program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for customizing a print-on-demand (POD) driver, which process includes the steps of accessing a configuration file of the POD driver having a plurality of fields with respective values; and modifying values of the configuration file fields to customize available user interfaces and print job settings editing options of the POD driver.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set information for determining output paper information before receiving the print data in response to an instruction entered via an operation panel of the printing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine, based on page size information specified in the print data, fixed-size paper corresponding to the page size information, and an image output unit configured to print, when the fixed-size paper corresponding to the page size information cannot be determined by the determination unit, the print data using paper selected by the set information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an address book management application which receives from a client PC an instruction as to address data stored in an HDD of an image forming apparatus. When the instruction is a backup instruction, the address book management application acquires the address data from an address data storage area, creates a backup file from the acquired address data, and stores the created backup file in a backup area of the HDD. When the instruction is a restore instruction, the address book management application restores the backup file stored in the backup area, as the address data in the address data storage area.

Abstract: An image reading control device includes: an original reading unit; a display unit that can display an item selection window including processing items for the image data for each page and a processing condition setting window including a preview image based on the image data for each page thus read, at least one predetermined processing item, and contents for each of the at least one predetermined processing item; an input unit accepting a selection input of the processing items and a setting input for setting contents for each of the at least one predetermined processing item; and a reading control unit displaying the processing condition setting window on the display unit with the processing item selected in the selection input accepted by the input unit as the predetermined processing item, and controlling acceptance of the setting input in the input unit for setting contents for each predetermined processing item.

Abstract: If the RIP processing time of a specific page of a plurality of pages in a processing block exceeds a predetermined time, the RIP processing of the specific page is not yet completed, and the RIP processing of pages preceding the specific page is already completed, an image processing apparatus sets a processing block that includes only the RIP processing completed pages preceding the specific page. The number of pages included in the newly set processing block is less than a predetermined number of pages.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling data to be processed by an image forming system encode image data to be printed to generate code data, and code information regarding encoding processing or the code data. The code information is used to obtain a predicted decode time, and a print speed level at which decoded data is to be printed. A plurality of print jobs to be processed are re-arranged by the print speed level to generate a print job sequence.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: at least three storing devices; a detecting unit; and a control unit, wherein the striping is carried out by using all of the storing devices, and the mirroring is carried out by using at least two of the storing devices except at least one storing device. When one of the storing device is failed, in case that the mirroring was carried out by using the failed storing device, the mirroring is continued by using the one storing device which is not used for carrying out the mirroring instead of the failed storing device. The striping is carried out by using all of the storing devices except the failed storing device.

Abstract: An image reader is provided, which includes a controller that when a PC-scan mode is set as an output mode, the controller controls an image output unit to output second read data of a second side of a document sheet at each time when a storage unit stores the second read data output from a second image reading unit on a line-by-line basis, controls the storage device to store first read data of a first side of the document sheet during a time period from a time when a leading end of the document sheet reaches a reading position of a first image reading unit to a time when a trailing end of the document sheet passes through a reading position of the second image reading unit, and controls the image output unit to sequentially output the first read data stored on the storage unit, after completely outputting the second read data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of band rendering an image. The method comprises receiving (201) object data of the image in the page description language. From this the method determines a plurality of buckets (bucket #1-#3, FIG. 14) by which the object data is to be divided. The method then assigns (FIG. 3, 350) object data of each object in the image to one of the buckets based on an initial visibility of the object in the image. Then, for each band of the image, in a band sequential fashion (900, 920), the method identifies (1016-1024) object data visible within a band from a subset of the buckets active for the band. Then, the method analysis (FIGS. 10(i)-(iii); 1028-1052) the identified object data within the band and selects at least one rendering method (RCCR, PCR) from a plurality of rendering methods by which the band is to be rendered. Then the method renders (960,970) the identified object data into the band from the object data using the selected at least one rendering method.

Abstract: A print control apparatus includes a print management unit, a storage unit, a print control unit, and a checking unit. The print management unit accepts print instructions for output data items, and generates a first list in which identification information items of print processes based on the print instructions are recorded. The storage unit temporarily stores the output data items related to the accepted print instructions. The print control unit sequentially acquires the output data items from the storage unit, transmits the output data items to an image forming apparatus, and generates a second list in which identification information items of the print processes based on the output data items are recorded. The checking unit checks, as comparison targets, the identification information items recorded in the first list and the identification information items recorded in the second list in order from the tops of the lists.

Abstract: A method for controlling an image forming apparatus includes: storing data in which pages are defined; specifying insertion data to be inserted into the data; providing instructions to insert the insertion data specified at a specific page of the data stored; determining whether the insertion data specified has been input by using the input device specified by the specifying unit; and inserting the input insertion data at the specific page indicated if it is determined that the insertion data specified has been input.

Abstract: A print control apparatus includes a rendering unit, a sending unit, a distribution unit, and a saving unit. The rendering unit performs rendering in response to a print instruction described in a page-dependent page description language where details of a change of a print resource on a certain page are applied to other pages. The sending unit sends the entire print instruction including pages to the rendering unit. The distribution unit distributes, to the rendering unit, a process request specifying which of the pages is to be rendered. The saving unit saves a process state of the rendering unit after rendering a preset page. When executing rendering by extracting the print instruction of the page specified by the distributed process request to image data, if the process request is distributed in descending order, the rendering unit resumes the process state saved in the saving unit, and renders the specified page.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus outputs image data of a second image in such a manner that the second image is printed on a print medium by an image forming apparatus upon appending the second image to supplement a first image that is a print target, the second image being information related to the first image. The apparatus includes a determination unit which determines the formation position of the second image based upon content of an output setting and a rule; and a control unit which controls the image forming apparatus in accordance with the determined formation position in such a manner that the first and second images are formed on the same or different sheets of a print medium.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a plurality of images. The method includes receiving or generating by an information processing apparatus the plurality of images. The plurality of images are stored in a memory, and separated into a plurality of image units. Sequence identifiers are assigned to the plurality of image units, and a first subset of the plurality of image units is processed by the information processing apparatus. The method further includes dividing the unprocessed plurality of image units into at least one second subset of the plurality of image units, and sending each of the at least one second subset of the plurality of image units to a different information processing apparatus for processing.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives job data of plural pages; plural RIP processors that interpret and expand the job data into raster images; and an allocating unit that allocates the plural pages of the job data to the plural RIP processors for RIP processing, the allocating unit dividing the job data based on a predetermined data size regardless of page breaks, allocating job data that is to be RIP processed to the plural RIP processors, sending job data, corresponding to and after the pages of the data that is to be RIP processed, to the plural RIP processors, and when a head part of the job data that is to be RIP processed allocated by the allocating unit is in the middle of a page, the plural RIP processors RIP processing the job data from the beginning of the next page.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing print jobs, comprising: determining whether a second print job being processed by an RIP is needed to pause and whether a third print job being processed by a print device is needed to pause according to a priority of a first print job requesting to be printed; storing, where the second print job is needed to pause, a processing state of the second print job and processing the first print job by the RIP; storing, where the third print job is needed to pause, a processing state of the third print job, and printing the first print job by the print device; resuming the processing for the second print job according to the stored processing state of the second print job after the first print job is processed by the RIP; and resuming the processing for the third print job according to the stored processing state of the third print job after the first print job is printed by the print device.

Abstract: A CPU perform the steps of: (a) causing a compression/decompression processor to decompress the compressed data of one of three bands in the data area except for the first block in the band, and storing decompressed bitmap data in the data area; (b) rasterizing each of the intermediate data blocks in the band and synthesizing the rasterized data and the decompressed bitmap data in the band; and (c) causing the compression/decompression processor to compress the synthesized bitmap data and storing the compressed data in the data area. The CPU performs the steps (a) to (c) in different respective tasks in parallel, and performs the steps (a) to (c) along the order of (a), (b), (c) for each of the intermediate code blocks in each of the bands while using the 1st to the 3rd bitmap data area in turn for each of the steps (a) to (c).